{"id":2380,"date":"2018-12-01T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-12T14:05:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T18:05:48","slug":"monthly-summary-november-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/monthly-summary-november-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Summary: November 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span> November was definitely a whirlwind of a month. Between NaNoWriMo, going to Kentucky for a wedding, working, getting sick, the Chinese Lantern Festival, and Thanksgiving, something was always going on.<\/span>
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<\/span>1.) I won NaNo! I managed to finish drafting Silver Hood <\/i>and get a good part written of Black Hood<\/i>. I’m really glad I was a NaNoRebel this year and decided to do both. I’ve also had some promising news in the publication world. Nothing concrete, but it’s good to hear promising news. *crosses fingers*<\/span><\/span>
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\n2.) <\/span><\/span>I took a nine-day vacation (the extra day was because I was sick) because my cousin\u2019s wedding was the week before vacation and I needed a break so I went up to Tennessee to break up the trip and spend the night at my aunt\u2019s house and I got to see some snow flurries! First snow I\u2019ve seen in the States this cold season!<\/span>
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<\/span> We stayed in a three-star hotel just two blocks from downtown and the wedding venue was in a historical building. I hadn\u2019t been to Kentucky in years and never to Louisville so it was really fun to see family and explore a bit of the city.<\/span>
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<\/span> Unfortunately one of my cousins was sick and I caught her cold but that was not going to stop me from seeing the Chinese Lantern Festival. (Let\u2019s do all the Chinese Festivals!) I\u2019d already booked my tickets. All of the lanterns were handmade and so pretty! Though the entertainment was a bit lacking so much so that it\u2019s worth sharing. <\/span>
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<\/span> So the festival boasted some cultural dancing and music and my standards are pretty high after the Chinese Moon Festival I saw in September and listening to beautiful Asian music such as this piece by Hans Zimmer, so I was psyched to see more dancing and an ehru (my favorite Chinese instrument) played live.<\/span>
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